Hungarian economic historian, Polanyi argued in The Great Transformation that land, labour and money are fictitious commodities, and that the self-regulating market generates a protective social countermovement.
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This position is 35.0 points from the median of the 449 figure profiles in this collection.
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Movement dedicated to protecting the environment and the sustainable use of resources, advocating policies against pollution and climate change and harmony between human development and ecological balance.
Current that unites Christian faith with the defense of social justice, rights, and reforms, seeing in the Gospel a call to solidarity, equality, and care for the poor and marginalized of society and the world.
Current that values indigenous peoples and their rights, defending autonomy, territory, culture, and political participation, along with development models and a plurinational state that respect their traditions.
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Authoritarian NeoliberalismDireita42.1 / 100Scores below are similarity indices out of 100, calculated from catalog coordinates. They do not establish historical influence or endorsement. How the comparison works ↗
An American politician, Bernie Sanders is the leading voice of democratic socialism in the United States, defending universal public healthcare, labor rights, and the fight against inequality and the power of large corporations.
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A small rural New England state, Vermont combines direct-democracy town meetings, the progressive politics of Bernie Sanders, cooperatives, dairy farming and environmentalism, with one of the least religious populations in the country and permissive gun laws.
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Under Allende's Popular Unity, Chile attempted democratic socialism through copper and bank nationalization, agrarian reform, and economic planning until the 1973 military coup.
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